An interesting article from the New York Times:
well.blogs.nytimes.com/.../
Excerpt:
...After looking at racers’ blood work, he determined that some of the ultramarathoners were supplying their own physiological stress, in tablet form. Those runners who’d popped over-the-counter ibuprofen pills before and during the race displayed significantly more inflammation and other markers of high immune system response afterward than the runners who hadn’t taken anti-inflammatories. The ibuprofen users also showed signs of mild kidney impairment and, both before and after the race, of low-level endotoxemia, a condition in which bacteria leak from the colon into the bloodstream...
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My position as a coach. Stay away from these, especially if you have articular related pain.
Because any sort of pain killer can kill the pain, which means that you can no longer listen to your body. In other words, you can be aggravating an injury without even being aware of it.
I personally keep a stock of ibuprofen (that's my fav pain killer) but I save it for after the workouts very hard workouts, when I know there has been some muscle damage, before going to bed. Without it, my legs are sore and it impairs my ability to sleep/recover.
My position as a coach. Stay away from these, especially if you have articular related pain.
Because any sort of pain killer can kill the pain, which means that you can no longer listen to your body. In other words, you can be aggravating an injury without even being aware of it.
I personally keep a stock of ibuprofen (that's my fav pain killer) but I save it for after the workouts very hard workouts, when I know there has been some muscle damage, before going to bed. Without it, my legs are sore and it impairs my ability to sleep/recover.
